Southport Power Station
1894 Southport Corporation commissioned a power station in Russell Road, Southport; it had capacity of 675kW.
c.1898 Birkdale District Electric Supply Company Limited built a power station in Grantham Road, Birkdale.
1911 Birkdale Urban District was incorporated into the borough of Southport, after which Birkdale power station was operated by Southport Corporation.
1900-34 Southport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Southport supplied with electric current by the Southport and Birkdale power stations.
The generating station at Southport was extended with new plant as demand for electricity grew.
There was a legal case in 1925–26 concerning certain clauses in agreements between the Southport Corporation and the Birkdale Electric Company regarding electricity supplies.
In the establishment of the National Grid, Southport power station was connected to an electricity grid ring which included the power stations at Ribble (Lancaster), Lister Drive (Liverpool), Warrington and Westwood (Wigan); this was one of three electricity rings in the North West.
1946 Southport power station carried maximum output load of 11.124 MW. Birkdale power station used steam power but also had oil engines; its maximum load was 1.052 MW.
1948 After nationalisation, the Southport electricity undertaking was abolished, ownership of Southport and Birkdale power stations were vested in the British Electricity Authority.
1954 the plant at Birkdale comprised a single 500 kW Fullagar diesel-English Electric set, generating 480 V DC
Late 1960s Southport power station was closed
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia